Chapter 32

A beautiful head of long, lustrous golden hair cascaded over her shoulders, accentuating her fair and delicate features, making her even more radiant. The perfect figure outlined by her school uniform and the slender, beautiful legs encased in stockings presented a stunning image of a golden-haired beauty.

"Her hair color, is it natural?" Aoba watched the girl who had just walked past the window, drawing the attention of all the boys in the class, and asked curiously.

"Of course it's natural, she's a mixed-race girl!" Shizuo Ishihara, who was also staring at the beauty outside the window, answered Aoba's question without thinking. But then he picked up on something in Aoba's question. "Wait, you don't know who she is?"

"I don't know, who is she?" Aoba asked matter-of-factly.

By this time, the golden-haired beauty had already walked past the window, and Ishihara turned his head.

"You, you don't even know one of the two legendary beauties of the school?" Ishihara gave Aoba a look.

"Two beauties? Who are they?" Aoba asked curiously.

"Yamawaki Natsu and Sengoku Nadeko," Ishihara replied.

"Sengoku Nadeko?" Aoba repeated.

"What's wrong?" Ishihara was puzzled.

"Nothing, just thinking how small the world is!" Aoba laughed.

"You know Sengoku Nadeko?" Ishihara sensed something.

"Of course, one of the two beauties of the school, how could I not know?" Aoba tried to brush it off.

"But you don't know the other one." Ishihara looked at Aoba suspiciously.

"Right, because I don't know, that's why I'm asking you! Now, tell me, the golden-haired beauty we just saw, that must be Yamawaki Natsu, right?" Aoba asked with certainty.

"Exactly, the one we just saw is Yamawaki Natsu, one of the two beauties of the school. She's said to be the daughter of a wealthy family, and her family even has shares in our school. As you can see, she's also a mixed-race girl. Since both of them are freshmen like us, the term 'two beauties of the school' has only recently become popular," Ishihara explained.

Time always passes quickly when talking about beautiful girls, so while the boys in the class were still buzzing about the golden-haired beauty Yamawaki Natsu who had just passed by, the bell for class rang.

Aoba spent the morning in a daze, and during the lunch break, Ishihara, as usual, went to the cafeteria. He was surprised to see that Aoba, who usually went to the cafeteria with him, had brought a bento today, but he didn't think the bento was given to Aoba by a girl, otherwise he would have been envious.

So, Aoba, who was eating his bento today, set out to find a place to eat it.

He could have eaten it at his desk in the classroom, but today Aoba suddenly felt like finding a scenic spot to enjoy the view while eating. So, Aoba wandered around the campus with his bento, but couldn't find a place that satisfied him.

The bench by the playground? Too dusty.

The bench by the flower bed? Already occupied by a few girls.

Under the cherry tree in the courtyard? Also occupied by a few girls.

After circling around, Aoba's eyes fell on the rooftop of the school building.

In typical school manga, the rooftop of the school building is always a key location for plot development, but in reality, the rooftops of most schools are locked and not accessible.

So, it must still be an unoccupied haven, a great place to have lunch alone! As for the locked door, it was no problem for Aoba.

Aoba walked up the stairs of the school building alone to the top floor, where a locked door stood. Beyond this door was the rooftop. Aoba tried to turn the doorknob, but the door was tightly locked and couldn't be pushed open.

But this was no challenge for Aoba. A surge of pure yang energy from his palm entered the lock, and with a click, the lock opened. Aoba turned the doorknob again, and this time the door opened smoothly, allowing him to enter the rooftop.

However, as soon as he stepped onto the rooftop, Aoba was taken aback. In the center of the rooftop, there was an open sun umbrella, and under it was a small round table and a chair.

On the table was an antique teapot and a cup of steaming hot, elegantly served black tea.

Aoba closed the rooftop door and walked towards the table, extending his senses to confirm that no one else was on the rooftop.

He came to the table, looked at the black tea, thought for a moment, and then sat down in the chair.

"Since it's unclaimed, the virtuous one shall take it. I didn't expect that even the tea was prepared for me, what good luck!"

Saying this, Aoba took out the bento made by Chiharu and started eating. While eating, he occasionally picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Good taste, it's clear the person who brewed it has some skill, they didn't waste this fine tea," Aoba commented.

After a while, Aoba finished his bento and drank the entire pot of tea. He then picked up the teacup and teapot to examine them closely.

"Excellent craftsmanship, very nice, a good find!" After appreciating the teapot and teacup, Aoba tidied up the bento box and stood up.

Aoba walked to the wire fence surrounding the rooftop, looked at the scenery of the campus, stretched, took a deep breath, and then returned to the table, picked up the bento box, and left the rooftop.

Not long after he left, a golden-haired beauty also pushed open the rooftop door.

Yamawaki Natsu, the golden-haired beauty who, due to her family's majority stake in the school, had already turned the rooftop into her private lunch spot shortly after enrolling in this private Seikawa High School, had prepared a pot of black tea for herself.

When she went to fetch the lunch her family's servant had specially prepared for her and returned to the rooftop to enjoy her lunch and tea, she was stunned. The teapot and teacup on the table were still there, but the black tea was gone.

"Hehe, hehehe! Someone dared to steal my black tea and use my cup. I won't let you off, you perverted thief, just wait and see." The golden-haired beauty declared with a cold laugh.

At the same time, Aoba, who had returned to the classroom, suddenly felt an itch in his nose and sneezed loudly.